Block v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Dakota county to recover $3,000 for personal injury received while a passenger upon one of defendant’s freight trains. The answer alleged that plaintiff “stuck one of her feet between the automatic couplers of two of the cars of said train as they were in the act of being coupled together,” and that the injury was the result of her want of due care.
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Action in tbe district court for Dakota county to recover $3,000 for personal injury received while a passenger upon one of defendant’s freight trains. The answer alleged that plaintiff “stuck one of her feet between the automatic couplers of two of the cars of said train as they were in the act of being coupled together,” and that the injury was the result of her want of due care. The case was tried before Converse, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $2,850. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
At about 7 a. m. on June 6, .1914, plaintiff took passage on one of defendant’s freight trains running from New Lisbon to Wausau, in Wisconsin. The train consisted of nine cars, one an ordinary caboose. At way stations it stopped and the usual switching operations were performed. A little after noon the train stopped at the station of Rudolph. It was ahead of its time, and after switching operations were finished, it stood for some minutes near the station. After a few minutes the trainmen discovered that the train was blocking a crossing, and it was backed up a short distance. At this point…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Moore v. Saginaw, Tuscola & Huron RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
- Oviatt v. Dakota Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Pogue v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
- Doran v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
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- Leban v. Range Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1926